English - Chapter 90 - Al-Balad

Translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Al-Balad 90:1

I do call to witness this City

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Verse 2 — Surah Al-Balad 90:2

And thou art a freeman of this City

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Verse 3 — Surah Al-Balad 90:3

And (the mystic ties of) parent and child

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Verse 4 — Surah Al-Balad 90:4

Verily We have created man into toil and struggle

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Verse 5 — Surah Al-Balad 90:5

Thinketh he, that none hath power over him

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Verse 6 — Surah Al-Balad 90:6

He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance

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Verse 7 — Surah Al-Balad 90:7

Thinketh he that none beholdeth him

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Verse 8 — Surah Al-Balad 90:8

Have We not made for him a pair of eyes

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Verse 9 — Surah Al-Balad 90:9

And a tongue, and a pair of lips

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Verse 10 — Surah Al-Balad 90:10

And shown him the two highways

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Verse 11 — Surah Al-Balad 90:11

But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep

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Verse 12 — Surah Al-Balad 90:12

And what will explain to thee the path that is steep

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Verse 13 — Surah Al-Balad 90:13

(It is:) freeing the bondman

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Verse 14 — Surah Al-Balad 90:14

Or the giving of food in a day of privation

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Verse 15 — Surah Al-Balad 90:15

To the orphan with claims of relationship

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Verse 16 — Surah Al-Balad 90:16

Or to the indigent (down) in the dust

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Verse 17 — Surah Al-Balad 90:17

Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self-restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion

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Verse 18 — Surah Al-Balad 90:18

Such are the Companions of the Right Hand

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Verse 19 — Surah Al-Balad 90:19

But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand

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Verse 20 — Surah Al-Balad 90:20

On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round)

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